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Egypt constitution panel halts work over arrests 27 Nov 2013 - 08:04 am

Egyptian security forces use water cannon to disperse protesters during a demonstration against the military trials, outside the Shura Council, in Cairo, yesterday....

Yemeni court allows Saudi woman into UN custody 27 Nov 2013 - 08:03 am

Yemeni soldiers escort Saudi woman Huda Abdullah Ali Al Niran (centre), and her lawyer Abdulraqeeb Al Qadi, outside a court in Sana’a yesterday....

Cementing ties 27 Nov 2013 - 08:02 am

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (centre), with his counterparts from Pakistan, Sartaj Aziz (left) and Turkey, Ahmet Davutoglu, during the opening ceremony...

Obama defends Iran policy amid Israel anger 27 Nov 2013 - 07:58 am

SAN FRANCISCO: US President Barack Obama defended his administration’s Iran policy but said “huge challenges” remained to successfully implement a landmark deal on...

Suicide attack at Iraq base kills 7 27 Nov 2013 - 07:57 am

BAGHDAD: A coordinated attack on an army base north of Baghdad killed at least seven soldiers and wounded 22 others yesterday, security and...

Saudi Aramco denies cyber attack 27 Nov 2013 - 07:57 am

al KHOBAR: Saudi state oil company Saudi Aramco said yesterday it had shut some of its computers for an upgrade and denied it...

Russian military expert shot dead in Yemen 27 Nov 2013 - 07:56 am

SANA’A: Two gunmen on a motorbike yesterday shot dead a Russian military expert and wounded another as they left a hotel in the...

No terms for joining talks, says Iran 27 Nov 2013 - 07:56 am

TEHRAN: Iran, the main regional ally of the government in Damascus, said yesterday it is ready to take part in a peace conference...

Air strike kills 12 Al Qaeda militants in Yemen: Ministry 27 Nov 2013 - 07:56 am

ADEN: At least 12 suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in an air strike in southern Yemen this week, the Interior Ministry said....

Saudi to execute US consulate attacker 27 Nov 2013 - 07:55 am

rIYADH: A Saudi court has sentenced one man to death and another 19 to jail for the deadly storming of the US consulate...

Benghazi shuts down to protest violence 27 Nov 2013 - 07:55 am

BENGHAZI: Shops and schools closed across Benghazi yesterday as residents of Libya’s second city responded to calls for civil disobedience to protest deadly...

Fears of renewed war in Sudan’s East: Report 27 Nov 2013 - 07:55 am

KHARTOUM: Renewed war is increasingly likely in Eastern Sudan, seven years after a peace agreement promised to address complaints of economic and political...

Doha International Book Fair a literature festival this year 27 Nov 2013 - 06:56 am

The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari addressing the press conference in the presence of...

Ajyal Youth Film Festival begins 27 Nov 2013 - 06:55 am

The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari (right) with Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic...

Novel desalination technology success celebrated 27 Nov 2013 - 06:53 am

QU President Prof Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad (second right) with other officials at the event. Doha: Qatar University’s College of Engineering, ConocoPhillips, Kahramaa...

QRC builds homes for flood-hit Pakistanis 27 Nov 2013 - 06:52 am

DOHA: The Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) yesterday announced the delivery of housing units for 1,746 people in Pakistan hit by recent floods. The...

Drug dealers held 27 Nov 2013 - 06:51 am

The Drug Enforcement Administration arrested five Asians and seized 400 packs of Suwaika (a kind of drug) which were ready for sale to...

Qatar’s ‘renaissance an investment in Arab world’ 27 Nov 2013 - 06:50 am

Palestinian Prime Minister Dr Rami Hamdallah signing the visitors’ book at Qatar Foundation yesterday. DOHA: Visiting Palestinian Prime Minister Dr Rami Hamdallah has...